一、从三宝太监下西洋讲起我国人民自古以来对于印度洋并不陌生,早在公元前二世纪,汉武帝曾遣使从海道到印度南部的黄支国。明永乐三年至宣德八年(1405—1433)伟大的航海家郑和征服印度洋的事迹,更是名标青史,异常动人。据费信的《星槎胜览》、马欢的《瀛涯胜览》和巩珍的《西洋番国志》三书记载,现在的越南南部、爪哇、苏门答腊、马来半岛、斯里兰卡、孟加拉、印 I. Telling the West about the eunuchs from Sanbao. Since the ancient times, our people have been no strangers to the Indian Ocean. As early as the second century BC, Emperor Hanwu had sent from the sea lane to the south of India. From Ming Yongle’s three years to Xuande’s eight years (1405–1433), the great navigator Zheng He conquered the Indian Ocean’s deeds. According to Fei Xin’s “Xing Sheng Sheng Lan”, Ma Huan’s “Yan Ya Sheng Sheng” and Gong Zhen’s “The Western Kingdom”, it is now recorded in southern Vietnam, Java, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Printing